Comments on: 5 reasons I love my iPhone (newborn edition)

By: Exhale. The end of the fourth trimester.

Exhale. The end of the fourth trimester. — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:09:13 +0000

[...] You already know I love my iPhone. [...]

By: Karen Nierlich

Karen Nierlich — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:20:43 +0000

Use my iphone too to page my husband when I’m “stuck” and need something I can’t get. Prefer to read a book to help pass the time when nursing late at night, but also love podcasts, reading blogs and Facebook.

Noticing lots of QR Codes on ads directed at Moms. I guess advertisers have it right that Moms love their phones and are never far from it. You need a free scan app to use the QR codes but it seems like Moms are in tune with downloading apps.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:46:06 +0000

Used the Kindle app on my iPhone quite a bit while my baby was a newborn. But whenever we travel, we use the free Simply Noise app as white noise while she sleeps — works like magic and is quite effective at blocking out hotel noises. Complete lifesaver!

By: Mya Maternity

Mya Maternity — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:30:12 +0000

I love text messaging my husband in the house or the garage if I need something. Sometimes I even just call him. Love the cute baby picture.

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:23:30 +0000

When my first son was born, 2005, I watched TV on a TV during the nighttime and daytime feeding sessions.

When my second son was born, 2007, I read blogs on my feed reader at night and watched real TV or Heroes on the laptop at other times.

So… I guess neither of them got my undivided attention either.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:43:46 +0000

Tabasco–

Thanks for your input. I would assume most of us super moms know how to balance and manage our time between our babies and ourselves without fully neglecting one or the other.

By: tobasco

tobasco — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:05:41 +0000

Well, here I am being the killjoy. I have to say I really dislike how popular it is to be “connected” while you’re nursing. How about being connected to your baby? Studying their face that is going to change in just a few weeks or even days. Getting those newborn smells and coos in. When the little one passes out on your lap, then facebook away. There are so many distractions constantly in life, television, phone calls, loud flashy toys, even just being out and about. I, for one, took advantage of the bonding time that nursing can be.

By: Jui

Jui — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:41:03 +0000

I got my Iphone 3GS a couple of months before I had my baby in May last year, and I have to say that it was the one thing that stopped me from going completely batty in the 10 months that I breast-fed my son. Email, Twitter, iBooks and most important, the NYTimes app. I could devour news, feel connected to the rest of humanity, and know that I hadn’t lost all cognitive skills to ‘baby brain’. It’s too bad that the NYTimes app is a paid one now and the free version is very limited and just super buggy. Bummer!

By: Hillary M

Hillary M — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:50:22 +0000

I used to play Sudoku and email while nursing. I wish I had know then how fabulous the ibook app is (I don’t even know if my phone actually had that then – it was back in the olden days of the iphone 1), but it’s the best! Download a book on a whim and no need for a reading light!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:32:19 +0000

With my first child, I had an extra hand to play with my Iphone while I nursed. With my second child, I had an Ipad to play with. It makes the 20-30 minute feedings go by so much faster and I’m productive while doing so, checking twitter, facebook, news, mail, etc.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:08:02 +0000

The day I went into labor was the day I realized my true appreciation for my smart phone and had my first “there has to be an app for that” moment. It was 10 days before my due date and contractions started slowly (I wasn’t even sure what contractions should feel like!). So while my husband napped lazily on the couch that Sunday evening because he thought there was no way this baby was coming early, I thought, “there has got to be a app to time these things, keeping track is exhausting!”. And there was. It made having contractions 10 days early, and with our first child, less overwhelming (and even a little fun – especially since they didn’t start taking my breath away until after I was at the hospital!). Then tracking feedings/naps/diapers. Who knew?! My iPhone was/still is always in hand!

By: tina

tina — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:42:08 +0000

I downloaded the Nook app & read books during my baby’s feeding sessions–but only after nearly dropping the actual Nook on his head. Don’t know how you iPad moms are doing it! The smaller, the better for me!